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grady
grady at ibiblio.org
Tue Sep 9 14:39:20 EDT 2008
Might we also call this a "discount" for people who show up on time?
Kinda like "ladies free before midnight," which I think is already in
effect at any show Hepler's involved in?
Chris Rossi wrote:
> Easy solution. First band starts at posted time, period. Door price
> doubles 30 minutes after posted start time. Be there early or pay double.
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> Chris
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> James Hepler wrote:
>> It's pretty common in the live entertainment industry to hold the start of a
>> performance 15-20 minutes. I think what matters more is that shows end at a
>> certain time. At least when it comes to week/work night shows.
>>
>> But also, having sorta "stage managed" a few recent shows, I think that
>> people love to be late, and for some reason, bands want to play in front of
>> people. And when it comes down to it, all those people who show up late
>> seldom seem to mind missing parts or all of opening bands, either because
>> those bands aren't the reason they came or those bands will play again soon
>> enough that there's no real loss involved.
>>
>> I think that this will always be an issue.
>>
>> On Tue, Sep 9, 2008 at 11:42 AM, grady <grady at ibiblio.org> wrote:
>>
>>> You tell us, you're the one who owns a rockclub.
>>>
>>> Although we all know the answer already, which is that printed start
>>> times should be amended to read:
>>>
>>> "9:30, or once 50 people have come through the door, including the bass
>>> player's girlfriend, whichever's later."
>>>
>>> local506 at gmail.com wrote:
>>>>> Oh yeah: when they say 5:30, they mean it.
>>>> Why does this continuously have to be explained when it comes to rocks
>>>> shows? Movie theatres, television stations and just about every other
>>>> business operates on specific times, why are music outlets supposedly
>>>> exempt??
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